A mind cluttered with past thoughts, old conversations and unhealed wounds can only serve to drag us down and compromise our ability to live free.

Public success flourishes when we uphold private order.

It's not about changing "them, " it's about healing YOU.

Let your power to simply “BE” inspire others to do the same.

Shame is a destroyer of self-worth.

Self-forgiveness is a daily practice of the humble, strong and mentally sane. It is an intentional preservation of inner-peace and a reflection of a healthy self-concept.

When we are driven by ego and a relentless need to succeed, it’s easy to blindly neglect the relationships, self-care and truth that will create joy and authentic fulfillment in our lives.

This is the last moment of contentment untainted by sorrow, when the brain hesitates before delivering the message to the heart that it knows it must.

Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience.

I want to get to the end and feel that I've done all I could, given the limitations and given the opportunities.

I am always living very good moments.

Americans used to be able to depend on their jobs to provide a stable retirement.

In this Year of Faith, we pray to the Lord that the Church may always be a true family that brings God’s love to everyone.

Too often, contemning the external order as unspiritual, [the Puritan] has made it, and ultimately himself, less spiritual by reason of his contempt.

Every failure made me more confident. Because I wanted even more to achieve as revenge, to show that I could.

I wasn't very happy in high school: it was a confusing and sort of sad time for me.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.